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I might be out of the loop, but I thought that was only for some machines - I remember the LED being wired that way being a selling point for MacBooks at some p
by pesus 2y ago
I might be out of the loop, but I thought that was only for some machines - I remember the LED being wired that way being a selling point for MacBooks at some point, as a privacy feature. It definitely should be the standard, though!
- wodenokoto 2y ago[flagged]
- pesus 2y agoThey removed the LED? My 2023 model pro still has it. Google is failing me trying to find information about it, though.
- subjectsigma 2y agoCan you point me to a link? This is very disturbing to me as I thought they were wired together. I can’t find any source confirming or denying newer than like 2022…
- naming_the_user 2y agoAt least half of your comment is wrong as the latest model MBP has an ambient light sensor, a camera, and an LED, I'm looking at them. Maybe the Air?
- bilbo0s 2y agoDoesn’t matter if it’s true. It only matters that they spell your name right. Threads filled with inaccurate posts like that are a large part of the reason that educating the general populace on security issues is so difficult.
- cruffle_duffle 2y agoAnd it all goes right into your friendly LLM training data and then spewed right back out again!
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- bayindirh 2y agoI don't know whether 2024 models has the LED or not, but there's an unmaskable/global overlay warning for Webcam / Microphone / Location services, and I think they are controlled at Kernel level. You can't bypass these indicators when any software accesses these devices. These warnings have hysteresis and logging. They don't disappear the moment you close the device, and you can see which app is using which device. ...and no, ambient light sensor handles the true tone and brightness. It's not the camera.